Dr. Lindsey Ho is an Assistant Professor at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in the Department of Biostatistics and Data Science. Dr. Ho is dedicated to ensuring academic success for Public Health professionals in training at the graduate level as teaching faculty (Biostatistics for Public Health), as an online technology expert, and a mentor in Biostatistics and Data Analytics education.
Shokufeh Mojgani Ramirez is the Associate Director of the Tulane Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health (CEMCH), a training grant funded by the HRSA Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). In this role, she mentors and provides leadership development experiences for maternal and child health graduate students, helping them prepare to enter the public health workforce. She has been affiliated with the training grant for fifteen years, in various staff roles.
Yoriko Heianza, PhD, RD, is a public health epidemiology researcher with a diverse training background, including Epidemiology, Nutrition, Endocrinology and Metabolism. Her research interests lie at the intersection of diet and lifestyles, multi-omics, genetics, and cardiometabolic health. Her current research program focuses on gene-diet interactions and the identification of novel biochemical risk factors in relation to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases.
Dr. Dovile Vilda is an interdisciplinary social scientist and public health researcher with advanced training and experience in mixed methods and policy research.
Keelia O’Malley is the Associate Director for Tulane’s HRSA funded MCH Nutrition Leadership Training Program in which she mentors and provides leadership development experiences for public health nutrition graduate students. Prior to this, Keelia worked as the Assistant Director of the Tulane Prevention Research Center, where she managed community-based research, policy advocacy, evaluation, and training activities related to food access in New Orleans.
Caryn Bell’s research focuses on the unique impacts of socioeconomic status (SES) and place on cardiovascular disease risk factors in Black Americans and racial disparities. Her work explores the nuanced ways in which SES is associated with obesity and related behaviors in Black women and men by examining the role of place and sociocultural factors. She uses varied techniques including spatial statistics and mapping approaches. She also examines how place shapes structural racism in the U.S. and the implications for Black health and racial health inequities.
Brigham Walker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. His research generally focuses on how providers, payers, and patients behave in response to new information or incentives. He is also interested in discrimination and equity topics generally. He is a Research Affiliate at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), and his CV can be found at www.brigwalker.com/cv
Sarah Michaels is a medical entomologist with a focus in vector-borne disease. Her background is in arbovirus surveillance, vector control, operational research and community outreach. Dr. Michaels gained experience in public health practice as an Entomologist at the City of New Orleans Mosquito Control Board and an Infectious Disease Epidemiologist at the Louisiana Office of Public Health. Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, she was active in the public health response to provide emergency infectious disease surveillance.
As a social scientist and mixed methods researcher, the primary focus of Dr. Fleckman's work is the prevention of violence. Her current research interests include the evaluation of structural and community-level mechanisms for the prevention of gun violence, childhood adversity, and intimate partner violence. Much of her work contributes to how such mechanisms can be influenced to reduce risk for violence and promote health equity. Dr. Fleckman works collaboratively with local and national community-based groups and advocacy organizations.
